Political Pressures on Biden Helped Drive ‘Secret Cell’ of Aides in Hostage Talks
Aides said the president was also hopeful that the hostage release could be an early step toward a broader peace in the region once the immediate crisis ends. In an…
Before Altman’s Ouster, OpenAI’s Board Was Divided and Feuding
Before Sam Altman was ousted from OpenAI last week, he and the company’s board of directors had been bickering for more than a year. The tension got worse as OpenAI…
Geopolitical Rivals Are Key Suppliers of West’s Green Energy Materials | naked capitalism
Yves here. Colonial blowback is a bitch. All those countries we (as in the largely white person advanced economy “we”) though we muscle aren’t pushovers any more. And this shift…
Swiss authorities, banks mull new rules to prevent bank runs | Reuters News Agency
Business & FinanceEconomyGovernment 03 November 2023, 2:19 pm 1 minute By Reuters News Agency Reuters was first to report that Swiss authorities and lenders, including UBS (UBSG.S), are discussing new…
2:00PM Water Cooler 11/20/2023 | naked capitalism
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Patient readers, I am finishing up a post on Myanmar, where it appears there’s a slim chance that the good guys may actually win. Who…
BOJ plans to exit from easy policy next year but needs some good fortune | Reuters News Agency
EconomyGovernment 02 November 2023, 1:57 pm 1 minute By Reuters News Agency Reuters exclusively reported how the Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda will continue to dismantle the central bank’s…
China’s clashing priorities behind rare money market distress | Reuters News Agency
EconomyGovernment 07 November 2023, 1:50 pm 1 minute By Reuters News Agency Reuters exclusively reported China’s attempts to keep the yuan from falling contributed to last week’s chaos in money…
‘Lost Time for No Reason’: How Driverless Taxis Are Stressing Cities
Around 2 a.m. on March 19, Adam Wood, a San Francisco firefighter on duty, received a 911 call and raced to the city’s Mission neighborhood to help a male who…
Sunak’s Dilemma: When to Hold an Election He’ll Probably Lose
No question in British politics will be more regularly asked, and reliably brushed aside, over the next few months than when Prime Minister Rishi Sunak plans to call the country’s…
Why Do Evil and Suffering Exist? Religion Has One Answer, Literature Another.
The next morning, the family — without the father, who has already been arrested — travel to a “civil control station,” where they receive identification numbers they must pin to…